2025-12 SCTL new books

Updated December 8, 2025
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Adventures in Math: How to Level Up Your Math Game
Wu, Carleigh
A unique maths book, Adventures in Math builds students' social-emotional skills in maths by debunking common myths that inhibit learning and confidence. Rather than teaching readers how to master maths concepts, it urges them to change their mindset about maths altogether. Using stories and...
Cabin Head and Tree Head (Cabin Head and Tree Head, Book #1)
Campbell, Scott
"Hahahahahahahaha" --Jon Klassen, Caldecott medalist and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of THE SKULL "I laughed my head off!" --Ben Clanton, Eisner Award winner and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of NARWHAL AND JELLY ...
The Monarch
Hall, Kirsten
Paper Book
A gorgeous, lively picture book companion to Kirsten Hall and Isabelle Arsenault's beloved and acclaimed The Honeybee that celebrates the inspiring journey of the monarch butterfly. What's that? In the air! Over here? Over there!<...
Dog Man. Big Jim believes
Pilkey, Dav
Power up with Dog Man: Big Jim Believes from the global #1 bestselling author and award-winning artist Dav Pilkey. Join the journey as our heroes discover the influence of belief and find truth from within. With threads of self-awareness, confidence, and integrity, Dav Pilkey masterfully...
A hummingbird on my balcony
Groc, Isabelle
Noah's family has just moved in to a new apartment on the 22nd floor when an Anna's hummingbird visits their balcony. Soon the young boy notices a fuzzy nest being built--like Noah's family, this hummingbird is making a new home. This true story shows the hummingbird through Noah's eyes as...
A marvellous light
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
An International Bestseller! Winner of the 2022 Romantic Novel Award in Fantasy! Locus Award Finalist! An Indie Next pick and LibraryReads pick--with four starred reviews! A Best of 2021 Pick for NPR | Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble |...
Axolotl and Axolittle
Hitchman, Jess
Paper Book
Axolotl snacks-alotl.And lives life to the max-alotl.Little brother Axolittle likes to study facts a little. For total opposites like these two, sometimes differences can lead them to poke-a-little and joke-a-little, then shout...
Can You Do This? (Bedtime Edition): An Imagination Play Book
Roy, Megan
Help your child ages 2-5 wind down from the day using this imaginative and interactive picture book that combines gentle movement, mindfulness, and imagination to make bedtime a fun and engaging experience! Brimming with whimsical art, Can You Do This? Bedtime Edition!...
Goosebumps : the graphic novel. Monster blood
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
Goosebumps now on Disney+! While staying with his great-aunt Kathryn, Evan Ross visits an eerie old toy store. Among the dusty shelves, he finds a can of something called "Monster Blood." The odd, sticky substance really does look like the blood of a creature. It has a greenish glow and...
How to draw a tree
LaRochelle, David
The key to drawing a tree--or anything, for that matter--is to understand your subject. How do you get to know a tree? Use all your senses! Would you like to draw a tree? Here's how. First you'll need to make friends with your tree....
I truck : a big rig's epic trip
Schmitt, Kelly Rice
Hit the open road with I Truck: A Big Rig's Epic Trip--an action-packed picture book that celebrates the power, purpose, and adventure of trucking across America. From sunrise to snowstorm, readers climb into the driver's seat alongside a skilled trucker and her loyal pup as they journey...
The layered edible garden : a beginner's guide to creating a productive food garden layer by layer
Chung, Christina (Horticulturist)
Paper Book
Design, plant, and tend a self-sustaining, high-yielding food garden that saves space by growing plants the way nature intended--in layers.  Say goodbye to long, straight rows of vegetable plants lined up and waiting for attacks from pests and diseases, and say hello to...
Max, a little axolotl : an original graphic novel
Spiotto, Joey
Meet Max, a Little Axolotl! He's new to school and just a little bit shy, but he's already making waves. This graphic novel is perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly! It's Max's first day at Coral Elementary school. The school is filled with marine animals, like dolphins,...
Moon song
Goade, Michaela
Cuddle up with this celebration of winter and explore the wonders of nature's light with Moon Song from Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade. On an island at the edge of a silvery sea, when the moon rises and night falls, a girl spins a story for...

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